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infauna
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in·fau·na  (nfôn)
n.
Aquatic animals that live in the substrate of a body of water, especially in a soft sea bottom.
[in- + fauna.]
infauna  (nfôn)
Benthic animals that live in the substrate of a body of water, especially in a soft sea bottom. Infauna usually construct tubes or burrows and are commonly found in deeper and subtidal waters. Clams, tubeworms, and burrowing crabs are infaunal animals. Compare epifauna.
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The importance of predation and intra- and interspecific competition in the population biology of two infaunal suspension-feeding bivalves, Protothaca staminea and Chione undatella.
Population structure, growth, and production of the wedge clam Donax ... by Herrmann, Marko; Carstensen, Daniel; Fischer, Sonke; Laudien, Jurgen; Penchaszadeh, Pablo E.; Arntz, / Journal of Shellfish Research
These differences aside, Knight (2005) reported findings similar to ours: much higher abundances for some infaunal and epifaunal taxa inside the closure compared to outside.
Effects of a large fishing closure on benthic communities in the ... by Grizzle, Raymond E.; Ward, Larry G.; Mayer, Larry A.; Malik, Mashkoor A.; Cooper, Andrew B.; Abeels, / Fishery Bulletin
The infaunal impact has been suggested to be of great importance especially at low algal biomass (Raffaelli, 2000; Kraufvelin et al.
Spatial distribution of macrofauna in a littoral zone with drifting ... by Berezina, Nadezhda A. / Estonian Journal of Ecology
 
 
 
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